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Child Safety failed rape victim: Bligh

Source: 7.30 Report
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:37 AEDT
Expires: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:37 AEDT

The Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has conceded that the Child Safety Department failed an Aboriginal child who was pack raped by nine men in Cape York. She admitted the Department let the girl down by removing her from her foster family in Cairns and sending her back to the Aboriginal community where she had previously been sexually assaulted.

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